Getting home in one piece to have a drink with your friends is a good thing. Figuring out how to make the design of a corn research shed interesting while getting there is even better. Especially when your studio professor is out to get you!...

Detective Constable Walker is tasked with following the investigation of a recently deceased oxford academic. However as he unravels the mystery, he finds it to not be entirely human.  *** Won the Short Story competition for my year, so I thought it would be worth sharing. If it seems rushed, there ...

The crew of Quaerere just wants to retire from the Mapmaker's Guild. But when the queen tells you to map the coastline of Antarctica, you do it. And when a prodigy mapmaker joins your crew, you put up with her shenanigans. What's one troublesome job when retirement is on the horizon? (An entry in t...

In this modern day urban fantasy/folklore short story, a woman attempting to escape her mysterious past meets an even more mysterious stranger, leading to a Master and Margarita (Bulgakov) inspired ending....

Chester Eton has always been quick with his words, and good to make a few coins. The son of a local hero, his life has been unremarkable except that he has a habit of being able to pull money out of people. That all changes shortly after his father's death. Presented with the knowledge that his silv...

This is for the Uncharted Waters competition. Connor Corton is cut out of his inheritance after his father dies, left only an old mansion, a sealed envelope and a headache. There are two deffenitions to this the literal term. A place that hasn't been recorded, more specifically nautical. Or the oth...

Constantine, a spy for the Axcalaanli government is tasked to infiltrate a SynthCo site which is believed to be producing new weaponry for the war effort on Heim. While he is investigating the site, he stumbles upon some rather bizarre and disturbing experiments....

A nature spirit walks through the woods for the first time in many lifetimes....

A man laments taking a job on the moon....

Trying and failing to sleep at night is very hard when you have got no head....

Someone sent a distress call from the North Point station. The rescue team is on the way, battling its way through the snowstorm. What happened? Will they make it in time? What awaits them?...

Due to constant war between Earth's nations the surface became almost uninhabitable, which forces everyone to create a new home under the surface of the ocean. Aiden is but a simple diver, working towards expanding his nations territory to the underwater kingdom, often exploring places never before ...

People describe the past as a grand and magnificent opera, a perfect act, they talk about the wonders of yore's magicians and how the world was at humanity's feet. But where are those feats now? Lost, almost all of them, magic has fallen from grace, we lost the technology of flying boats and undergr...

Dr. John Tyton Parce, a psychologist of some renown, vanished from Grünwald, Texas in the year 2085. His professional documents, treatment notes, and personal memoirs have been found and published by an anonymous Investigator. Perhaps you can help the Investigator discover what happened to the good ...

A monster hunter takes on a contract, but all is not as it first seems....

COMPLETE SHORT STORY During the Second World War, the head nurse onboard a U.S. Navy hospital ship recounts the haunting experiences of her crew after they find themselves drifting down a mysterious river masked by a bone-white fog....

Jane Eden, a survivor of nuclear war, spent past few decades locked in a semi-automated underground bunker. Entrenched in grief and ruminations, Jane spends her routine watches looking for any sign of life beyond the surface. How long before her and other inhabitants of the station can leave to the ...

In a world exploding with billions upon billions of dunderheaded barnacle boys, the abominable admiral (a malevolent mastermind and unbearable donkey-breath dolt) concocts a stupendous scheme to become Emperor of All That Is by executing the pirate king. But Dakiya, outraged by the outrages of the o...

At the docks of Orrinshire, a mysterious ship appears....

Light novels are a form of Japanese fiction, typically featuring romantic or fantastical themes and aimed at young adult audiences. Compared to traditional novels, they are typically shorter in length and often come with illustrations to enhance the reading experience. Many light novels have been ad...